salarua@sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years ago'Do not, for the love of God, tell kids that slavery was beneficial'www.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square70fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: usa
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link'Do not, for the love of God, tell kids that slavery was beneficial'www.rawstory.comsalarua@sopuli.xyz to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square70fedilinkcross-posted to: usa
minus-squareTerryMathews@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoRight, but take the converse: if they didn’t own land, they definitely couldn’t afford a slave.
minus-squaresadreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoalso true… wiki will explain it better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessity_and_sufficiency owning a plantation is necessary to be a slaver but it is not sufficient since you actually have to own the slaves.
Right, but take the converse: if they didn’t own land, they definitely couldn’t afford a slave.
also true… wiki will explain it better: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necessity_and_sufficiency
owning a plantation is necessary to be a slaver but it is not sufficient since you actually have to own the slaves.